Three Indian students, two from Telangana and one from Andhra Pradesh, have died in a road accident in New Haven in the US recently.
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25th Mar 2026 | Updated at 08:50am 25th Mar 2026
Communities step up to help stranded travellers
- 11 Mar 2026
Rising Iran-Israel tensions have led to widespread airspace closures across West Asia, disrupting flights and stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers.Major hubs like Dubai International and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International have scaled back...
British Asians stranded amid travel chaos
- 03 Mar 2026
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and major Gulf airports suspended operations due to turmoil caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers.Special evacuation flights were arranged from the UAE, while...
No wish for revenge, Nawaz tells supporters on return
- 25 Oct 2023
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home on Saturday, ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London and restarting his political journey ahead of the general elections with a huge rally at Minar-e-Pakistan...
Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down
- 26 Apr 2023
Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend SCO foreign ministers meet which India is hosting in Goa on May 5.The Indian administration didn't explicitly rule out a meeting between S Jaishankar and Bilawal, but it didn't seem...
Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman sworn in after historic vote
- 18 Feb 2026
Tarique Rahman and his cabinet ministers took oath, becoming the first elected leaders since the deadly 2024 uprising.Rahman is set to be the first male prime minister in 35 years in Bangladesh, a country of 170 million, while new parliament...
Rising attacks on Hindus spark calls to review Yunus’ Nobel Prize
- 07 Jan 2026
Atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh have reportedly increased, triggering criticism of Muhammad Yunus and renewed questions over his Nobel Peace Prize, amid accusations that he has failed, as Chief Advisor of the interim government, to curb...
US forces raid Venezuela, abducts Maduro
- 07 Jan 2026
US President Donald Trump has issued a series of blunt warnings to multiple countries in recent hours, signalling an increasingly confrontational stance across global regions. This follows a bold US military operation in Venezuela, which resulted...
Kash Patel takes oath as FBI chief on Bhagwat Gita
- 27 Feb 2025
Kash Patel took oath as the ninth director of the FBI on the Bhagavad Gita and spoke about how a first-generation Indian kid is living the American dream, reflecting on his heritage. The US Senate voted 51 to 49 to confirm Patel last week.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Nepal PM Prachanda likely to visit India next month
- 22 Mar 2023
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming the office for the third time in December last year, a media report said.
Nepal ruling coalition bags 90 seats out of 165
- 07 Dec 2022
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
Three generations, three journeys
- 05 Sep 2022
Rakesh Patel, a 47-year-old commodity trader took a plunge to visit Greenland. Speaking to Asian Voice, he said, “Over a hundred years ago, our grandparents emigrated from India to Africa in search of a better life. In 1972, our parents had...
‘2024, MODI ONCE MORE’
- 04 May 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
Jerusalem: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to settle a long-standing dispute over who should control a portion of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the leaders of the two nations said. This is a significant diplomatic achievement between two neighbours...
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to enact policies to boost birth rate in the country as policymakers worry that an imminent decline in the country’s population could hurt the world’s second-biggest economy.
Paris: Despite internet outages, angry protesters returned to the streets once more across Iran as the uprising prompted by Mahsa Amini's death in detention entered its fifth week.
Washington: White House national security spokesman John Kirby stated that President Joe Biden is re-evaluating the US relationship with Saudi Arabia after Opec announced last week that it would cut oil production.
Washington: Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2020, announced that she is leaving the party, accusing it of being dominated...
A Korean student, who allegedly stabbed his Indian-origin roommate to death in their dormitory at Purdue University has been charged with murder, according to US media reports. Ji Min Sha, cybersecurity major from Seoul ruthlessly attacked Varun...
Islamabad: Azam Swati, a senior legislator from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for a “highly obnoxious and intimidating” tweet against the chief...
Washington: Pakistan’s new finance minister Ishaq Dar stated that he will seek rescheduling of some $27 billion worth of non-Paris Club debt largely owed to China, but will not pursue haircuts as part of any restructuring.
- 19 Oct 2022
Islamabad: In a further setback to the Shehbaz Sharif administration, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, won the important by-elections, capturing two out of three provincial assembly seats in Punjab...
